Akeelah and the Bee

One of my favorite movies is ‘Akeelah and the Bee.’ It’s about a young girl from inner city Los Angeles who wins a National Spelling Bee competition. Here is a great quote from the movie. Akeelah’s mentor (played by Lawrence Fishburne) tells her to read it when they first meet to train for the bee:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask outselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other opeople won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
 

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